Description
Benthic and epifouling monitoring was conducted within the BIWF Project area for four consecutive years (2016 to 2019) after turbine installation. Three rounds of sampling and laboratory analyses were conducted with samples collected at Turbines 1, 3, and 5. Results indicated that within four years the submerged sections of the BIWF jacket foundation structures became dominated by mussels (Mytilus edulis) and associated species, and that significant modification of the seabed has occurred within the footprint of the turbine foundations, with the area underneath Turbine 1 exhibiting the fastest rate of change.
Award Amount
USD: $1,421,186
Funding
Type
contract
Funder
U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Environmental Studies Program
Funder ID
https://doi.org/10.13039/100012475
Award Dates
2017-06-26 → 2019-07-31
Award Number
M17PD00015
DOI / Resource
Field Xml File
100227.xml
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- ROR:https://ror.org/03tzscr25Series Title:BOEM Environmental StudiesISSN:3071-6349Report Title:Benthic and epifaunal monitoring during wind turbine installation and operation at the Block Island Wind Farm, Rhode Island; project reportAuthors:Publication Year:2020Publisher:U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Environmental Studies ProgramPlace:Washington D.C.Report Number:BOEM 2020-044Contract #:M17PD00015Award DOI:10.67297/9A1E03Report DOI:10.67297/01B045Field Xml File110661.xml (2.58 KB)
- ROR:https://ror.org/03tzscr25Series Title:BOEM Environmental StudiesISSN:3071-6349Report Title:Benthic and epifaunal monitoring during wind turbine installation and operation at the Block Island Wind Farm, Rhode Island; Volume 2 AppendicesAuthors:Z Hutchison, ML Bartley, P English, J King, S Grace, B Kresning, C Baxter, K Ampela, M Deakos, A KhanPublication Year:2020Publisher:U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Environmental Studies ProgramPlace:Washington D.C.Report Number:BOEM 2020-044Contract #:M17PD00015Award DOI:10.67297/9A1E03Report DOI:10.67297/01B046Field Xml File110662.xml (3.48 KB)